I was always picked first for basketball because these racists assumed tall=likes sportsball=good at basketball=win. Joke was on them! Turns out tall just means…I’m tall. Literally did nothing to earn that nor use it for anything beyond grabbing things off the top shelf.Growing up in the 70s-80s we spent all summer outside unsupervised. We played tackle football, smear the qu**r (probably can’t say that anymore), baseball (stickball) with a tennis ball, basketball. When it came down to picking teams the kid with the fancy new cleats was always picked last. Watch out for the kid with the holes in their shoes. Times have changed.
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